Efficiency, choice and control in social care commissioning

TY - JOUR

T1 - Efficiency, choice and control in social care commissioning

AU - Wilberforce, Mark Robson

AU - Baxter, Kate

AU - Glendinning, Caroline

PY - 2012/7

Y1 - 2012/7

N2 - Publicly-funded social care providers are under significant pressure as a consequence of an ageing population, a tight financial climate, and demands for greater quality and dignity in care. Personal budgets have been advocated as a potential solution. However, the implications of personal budgets on commissioning and market development are largely unexplored. This article looks at new approaches being adopted by English local authorities to reconcile tensions between the efficiency and personalization agendas, and to counter new transaction costs.

AB - Publicly-funded social care providers are under significant pressure as a consequence of an ageing population, a tight financial climate, and demands for greater quality and dignity in care. Personal budgets have been advocated as a potential solution. However, the implications of personal budgets on commissioning and market development are largely unexplored. This article looks at new approaches being adopted by English local authorities to reconcile tensions between the efficiency and personalization agendas, and to counter new transaction costs.

KW - commissioning

KW - SOCIAL CARE

KW - choice and control

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84861534121&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1080/09540962.2012.691297

DO - 10.1080/09540962.2012.691297

M3 - Article

SN - 0954-0962

VL - 32

SP - 249

EP - 256

JO - Public Money and Management

JF - Public Money and Management

IS - 4

ER -